Horizont 2020 – Secure, clean and efficient energy

Mari Habicht

Minsk

September 21, 2015

Smart cities and communities Energy efficiency

Low carbon energy Smart grid

Renewable energy sources Alternative fuels

Security of supply Energy storage

New generation technologies Biofuels

Objective:

to contribute to reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system in the conditions of decreasing resources, increasing energy consumption and in the context of climate change.

To respond to the economic crisis by investing in future jobs and growth and strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation and technology

Important topics:

Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint by smart and sustainable use;

Low-cost, low carbon electricity supply;

Alternative fuels and mobile energy sources;

A single, smart European electricity grid;

New knowledge and next generation technologies;

Robust decision making and public engagement;

Market uptake of energy innovation

Recovery, reuse, recycling

Technology readiness level - TRL

Levels 1 – 4 characterize early stage R&D activities

• 1: basic research • 2: technology formulation • 3: applied research • 4: small scale prototype development

Levels 5 – 8 mean prototyping and validation of the developed system in reals working conditions

• 5: large-scale prototype development • 6: prototype system • 7: demonstration system • 8: first of the kind commercial system

9. Full commercial application

The Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge "Secure, clean and Efficient Energy"

* EU contribution per area (projects funded under the 2014 energy calls)

Balance between areas of the Energy Challenge*

Five Calls

1. Energy efficiency

2. Competitive low-carbon energy

3. Smart cities & communities

4. SME's and Fast Track to Innovation for Energy

5. Other actions

Indicative Call budgets (M€)

Calls 2014 2015 2016 2017

Energy Efficiency 97,5 98,15 93 102

Competitive Low-Carbon Energy

359,1 372,33 351,54 369,22

Smart Cities and Communities 92,32 108,18 60,5 71,5

SMEs instrument 33,95 37,26 46 50

Total budget for calls 582,87 615,92 564,74* 592,72

* Incl contributions to Blue Growth and fast track to innovation calls

Part B – other actions 75 61 107,91 79,13

Call ‘Energy Efficiency’ - EE

Heating and cooling EE1 – EE5

Lower demand, more energy efficient supply, local sustainable and renewable energy sources, affordable cost

Engaging consumers towards sustainable energy EE6 – EE9

Understanding and influencing consumer behaviour, activation of consumers

Buildings EE10 – EE14

Elimination of barriers towards energy efficiency in buildings

Industry, services and products EE15 – EE21

Technological and non-technological barriers in large companies and SMEs in the way to higher energy efficiency

Innovative financing for energy efficient investments EE22 – EE25

Bridging the gap between funders and energy efficiency project developers

NOT LEGALLY BINDING

Code

EE Call 2016 Topics

Type

Budget (M€)

Deadline

Opening October 15, 2015

EE-03

Standardised installation packages integrating renewable and energy efficiency solutions for heating, cooling and/or hot water preparation

IA

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21 Jan

EE-04 New H/C solutions using low grade sources of thermal energy

RIA

EE-05 Models & tools for heating and cooling mapping and planning

RIA

EE-07 Behavioural change toward energy efficiency through ICT

RIA

EE-08 Socio-economic research on consumer's behaviour related to energy efficiency

RIA

EE-10 Supporting accelerated and cost-effective deep renovation of buildings (EeB-PPP)

IA

16

21 Jan EE-17 Valorisation of waste heat in industrial systems (SPIRE-PPP)

IA

NOT LEGALLY BINDING

Code

EE Call 2016 Topics

Type

Budget (M€)

Deadline

Opening March 15, 2016

EE-06 Engaging private consumers towards sustainable energy

CSA

30

15 Sep

EE-09 Engaging and activating public authorities CSA

EE-11 Overcoming market barriers and promoting deep renovation of buildings

CSA

EE-13 Cost reduction of new Nearly Zero-Energy buildings CSA

EE-14 Construction skills CSA

EE-16 Effective implementation of EU product efficiency legislation

CSA

EE-24 Making the energy efficiency market investible CSA

EE-25 Development and roll-out of innovative energy efficiency services

CSA

EE-21 ERA-NET Cofund actions supporting Joint Actions towards increasing energy efficiency in industry and services

ERA- NET

5 15 Sep

EE-22 Project Development Assistance CSA 8 15 Sep

NOT LEGALLY BINDING

Code EE Call 2017 Topics

Type

Budget

(M€) Deadline

Opening June 15, 2016

EE-01

Waste heat recovery from urban facilities and re-use to increase energy efficiency of district or individual heating and cooling systems

IA

30

19 Jan

EE-04 New H/C solutions using low grade sources of thermal energy

RIA

EE-07 Behavioural change toward energy efficiency through ICT

RIA

EE-20 Bringing to market more energy efficient and integrated data centres

IA

EE-17 Valorisation of waste heat in industrial systems (SPIRE PPP)

IA

16

19 Jan

EE-12 Integration of Demand Response in Energy Management Systems while ensuring interoperability (EeB PPP)

IA

NOT LEGALLY BINDING

Code EE Call 2017 Topics

Type

Budget

(M€) Deadline

Opening January 19, 2017

EE-02 Improving the performance of inefficient district heating networks

CSA

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EE-06 Engaging private consumers towards sustainable energy

CSA

EE-09 Engaging and activating public authorities CSA

EE-11 Overcoming market barriers and promoting deep renovation of buildings

CSA

EE-14 Construction skills CSA

EE-15 Increasing capacities for actual implementation of energy efficiency measures in industry and services

CSA

EE-16 Effective implementation of EU product efficiency legislation

CSA

EE-18 Energy efficiency of industrial parks through energy cooperation and mutualised energy services

CSA

EE-19 Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions for energy efficiency

PPI

EE-23 Innovative financing schemes CSA

EE-24 Making the energy efficiency market investible CSA

EE-22 Project Development Assistance CSA 8 07 June

Call ‘Competitive low-carbon energy’ - LCE

Towards an integrated EU energy system LCE1 – LCE5

Renewable energy technologies LCE6 – LCE23

Enabling decarbonisation of the use of fossil fuels during transition to a low-carbon economy LCE24 – LCE30

Social, economic and human aspects of the energy system LCE31 – LCE32

Supporting the development of a European research area in the field of energy LCE33 – LCE35

Cross-cutting issues LCE36

Instrument

budget

2016 2017

Towards an integrated EU energy system

LCE 1 – 2016-2017: Next generation innovative technologies enabling

smart grids, storage and energy system integration with increasing

share of renewables: distribution network RIA 20 18

LCE 2 – 2016/2017: Demonstration of smart grid, storage and system

integration technologies with increasing share of renewables:

distribution system IA 73.46 28

LCE 3 -2016: Support to R&I strategy for smart grid and storage CSA 4

LCE 4 – 2017: Demonstration of smart transmission grid, storage and

system integration technologies with increasing share of renewables IA 65.12

LCE 5 – 2017: Tools and technologies for coordination and

integration of the European energy system RIA 28

Instrument budget

2016 2017

Renewable energy technologies

Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies (research

activities)

LCE 6 -2017- New knowledge and technologies RIA 20

LCE 7 -2016 /2017: Developing the next generation technologies of renewable

electricity and heating/cooling RIA 61.30 66.50

LCE 8 – 2016/2017 Development of next generation biofuel technologies RIA 10 10

Demonstrating innovative renewable energy technologies (demonstration

activities)

LCE 9 – 2016: Increasing the competitiveness of the EU PV manufacturing

industry IA

25

LCE 10 – 2017: Reducing the cost of PV electricity IA 10

LCE 11 – 2017: Near-to-market solutions for reducing the water consumption

of CSP Plants IA 12

LCE 12 – 2017: Near-to-market solutions for the use of solar heat in industrial

processes IA 8

LCE 13 – 2016: Solutions for reduced maintenance, increased reliability and

extended life-time of wind turbines/farms IA 10

LCE 14 – 2017: Demonstration of large >10MW wind turbines IA 25

Instrument budget

2016 2017

LCE 15 – 2016: Scaling up in the ocean energy sector to arrays IA 15

LCE 16 – 2017: 2nd Generation of design tools for array development and

deployment IA 7

LCE 17 – 2017: Easier to install and more efficient geothermal systems for

retrofitting buildings IA 8

LCE 18 – 2017: EGS in different geological conditions IA 10

LCE 19 – 2016/2017: Demonstration of the most promising advanced biofuel

pathways IA 15 15

LCE 20 – 2016: [place holder: Biofuels in aviation] IA 15 10

Supporting the market uptake of renewable energy technologies

LCE 21 – 2017: Market uptake of renewable energy technologies CSA 15

Fostering international cooperation in the area of renewable energy

LCE 22 – 2016: International Cooperation with Brazil on advanced

lignocellulosic biofuels RIA 5

LCE 23 – 2016: International Cooperation with Mexico on geothermal energy RIA 10

Instrument

budget

2016 2017

Enabling the decarbonisation of the use of fossil fuels during the transition

to a low-carbon economy

LCE 24 - 2016: International Cooperation with South Korea on new

generation high-efficiency capture processes RIA 17

LCE 25 - 2016: Utilisation of captured CO2 as feedstock for the process

industry RIA 10

LCE 26 - 2016: Cross-thematic ERA-NET on Applied Geosciences COFUND 10

LCE 27 – 2017: Measuring, monitoring and controlling the subsurface

containment of CO2 and volatile hydrocarbons RIA 15

LCE 28 - 2017: Highly flexible and efficient fossil fuel power plants RIA

15 LCE 29 - 2017: CCS in industry, including Bio-CCS RIA

LCE 30 - 2017: Geological storage pilots RIA

Instrument budget

2016 2017

Social, economic and human aspects of the energy system

LCE 31 – 2016/2017: Social Sciences and Humanities Support for the

Energy Union RIA 10 10

LCE 32 – 2016: European Platform for energy-related Social Sciences

and Humanities research CSA 1,7

Supporting the development of a European research area in

the field of energy

LCE 33 – 2016: European Common Research Agendas (ECRAs) in

support of the implementation of the SET Action Plan RIA 10

LCE 34 – 2016: Joint actions towards the demonstration and validation

on innovative energy solutions ERA-NET

cofund 30.80

LCE 35 – 2016/2017: Framework Partnership Agreement supporting Joint

Actions towards the demonstration and validation of innovative energy

solutions

FPA n.a. n.a.

Cross-cutting issues

LCE 36 – 2016: Support to the energy stakeholders to contribute to the

SET-Plan CSA 2.40

Topic Publication Deadline

2016 2017

LCE07, LCE08, LCE23 – 25,

LCE31, LCE36 October 27, 2015 Feb 16

LCE01 – 03, LCE26, LCE32 - 34 December 8, 2015 Apr 05

LCE35 April 14, 2016 Sept 08

LCE09, LCE13, LCE15, LCE19,

LCE20, LCE22 May 10, 2016 Sept 08

LCE06 – LCE08, LCE21, LCE27 –

LCE31 September 20, 2016 Jan 05

LCE1, LCE4, LCE5 Feb 14

LCE10 – LCE12, LCE14, LCE16 –

LCE20 May 09, 2017 Sept 07

Call ‘Smart cities and communities’ - SCC

Smart and Sustainable Cities

Sustainable, cost-effective and replicable district-scale solutions at the intersection of energy and transport enabled by ICT

intelligent, user-driven and demand- oriented city infrastructure and services

'Lighthouse project' approach continued

Each project must:

• Be realised in 3 new lighthouse cities that are situated in different EU Member states or associated countries.

• Involve at least 3 follower cities from at least 3 different EU Member states or associated countries (that are different also from the countries of the lighthouse cities of the project).

Specific challenge

• Integrating

• smart buildings,

• smart grids,

• energy storage,

• electric vehicles and smart charging infrastructures,

• latest generation ICT platforms based on open specifications

City 1 City 2

City 3

City 1

City 3

City 2

Indicate boundaries of affected areas

Include area maps in proposals

Call Smart cities & communities: deadlines and budget

Topics* 2016 2017

SCC1 – Smart cities and communities lighthouse projects

05/04/2016

14/02/2017

60,5 M€ 71,5 M€

Important details

• A city can be funded as a lighthouse city only once under Horizon2020

• Follower cities are defined as cities that have not yet acquired the full technical competence to become a lighthouse city

• Performance monitoring for at least 2 years

• Convincing and realistic work, replication and investment plans

• Incorporate all performance data into SCIS (http://smartcities-infosystem.eu/)

Non-eligible costs

• Costs of construction (including scale of unit costs),

• Costs of retrofitting (including scale of unit costs),

• Full cost of purchasing of electric vehicles,

• Costs of acquisition of standard ICT tools, conventional RES and their mounting

• Insulation of the building envelope, good windows; heat pumps, and other appliances

Eligible costs (1)

All those innovative aspects that transform the city into a smart city, such as for example:

• Integration of storage with all grids

• Innovative part of building management that is leading to a deep integration with the local energy system

• Smart integration of the electricity grid with RES, with electricity storage and heat storage at the district level

Eligible costs (2)

• Only the innovative parts of RES, suited for smart integration

• Integrated approaches and testing of "business" models for the local production and distribution of electricity together with electric vehicle fleets, to create the conditions for market take up

• Smart electricity, heat or cold storage and its management for maximising self-consumption

Eligible costs (3)

• only ICT platforms based on open specifications

• Economic research and development of new business models that avoid lock-in situations

• Training and education within and between cities

Evaluation Criteria

Excellence Impact Factor 1.5 !

Quality & efficiency of implementation

Clarity and pertinence of the objective

Credibility of the approach

Concerning the expected impacts listed in the work programme

Coherence and efficiency of the work plan – allocation of tasks and resources

Competence of participants

Appropriateness of the management structure and procedures including risk and innovation management

– Stimulating the innovation potential of SMEs for a low carbon and efficient energy system (SME Instrument)

• Phase 1: feasibility study (i.e. risk assessment, market study,

innovation strategy development…)

• Phase 2: innovation project with emphasis on demonstration and market replication (i.e. prototyping, testing, miniaturisation, design…)

• Phase 3: commercialisation phase; access to financial facilities of the "Access to Risk Finance"

– Fast Track to Innovation - Pilot

• Continuously open call, bottom-up driven logic, <5 legal entities, <3M€

Call: SMEs and Fast track to Innovation for Energy - SIE

Cross-thematic priorities:

• LEIT – advanced materials, nanotechnologies, electronics, manufacturing and processing, biotechnology , ICT

• Future and emerging technologies (FET)

• Research Infrastructures

• European Research Council

• SME instrument (directly paid from Energy SC budget)

• Fast track to innovation

• JRC direct actions (IET, IPTS)

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Close links

• Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine and

maritime and inland water research and bio-economy (societal challenge 2) – biomass production, marina energy

• Transport (societal challenge 4) – energy efficient transport, electromobility, green vehicles, alternative fuels

• Climate action, resource efficiency, raw materials (societal challenge 5) – nature based solutions for smart and sustainable cities and communities

• Science with and for society (societal challenge 6) – social innovation, responsible research

• Secure societies (societal challenge 7) – critical infrastructures

International cooperation

Brazil

Australia

Canada

USA

China

South-Korea

Mexico

Dedicated topics/actions to international cooperation in energy WP 2016/2017

Advanced biofuels (LCE-22)

CO2 storage (LCE-30)

Underground CO2 & natural gas (LCE-27)

Geothermal energy (LCE-23)

CO2 capture (LCE-24)

- CCS in industrial applications (LCE-29)

https://www.b2match.eu/energycall2016

http://www.c-energy2020.eu/

http://ec.europa.eu/research/index.cfm?pg=events&eventcode=0B56FA95-AFE0-D63B-DD0527FE301EC26C

Areas in Horizon 2020: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/find-your-area

European Research Council: http://erc.europa.eu/

Joint Undertaking on Fuel Cells and Hydrogen (FCH JU): http://www.fch.europa.eu/page/call-2015

KIC InnoEnergy: http://www.kic-innoenergy.com/

Participants Portal: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/home.html

More Information

EE 2 – 2015: Buildings design for new highly energy performing buildings Specific Challenge: By the end of 2020 (2018 for buildings occupied and owned by public authorities), all new buildings should comply with the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive obligations and thus meet 'nearly zero-energy' performance levels using innovative, cost-optimal technologies with integration of renewable energy sources on site or nearby. Moreover, the construction of 'plus-energy' buildings - i.e. buildings producing more energy than they consume - should also be encouraged in order to reduce energy use whilst increasing the share of renewable energies. However the costs of these highly energy performing buildings still represent a barrier for investors. Therefore the construction industry needs to deliver more affordable solutions. Scope: Projects should focus on development and demonstration of solutions which significantly reduce the cost of new buildings with at least 'nearly zero-energy' performance levels, whilst accelerating significantly the speed with which these buildings and their systems are taken up by the market. The focus should lie on solutions for appropriate indoor air quality and comfort, design adapted to local climate and site, passive solutions (reducing the need for technical building systems which consume energy) or active solutions (covering a high share of the energy demand with renewable energies), building energy management systems (where appropriate), highly efficient Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC, e.g. low temperature systems, solar cooling), electric and/or thermal energy storage of renewable energy onsite and nearby. Projects should also provide solutions for automated and cost-effective maintenance of the installed equipment, and assess differences between predicted and actual energy performance. Such differences should be documented and minimized. Projects should also focus on design methods for on-site and nearby-generation of renewable energy for new buildings (electricity as well as heating and cooling generation, e.g. heat pumps, integrated photovoltaics, or other options) accompanying energy efficiency measures to achieve standards higher than those of 'nearly zero-energy' buildings. The performance of innovative technologies may be verified through technology verification schemes such as the EU Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) pilot programme. The Commission considers that proposals requesting a contribution from the EU of between EUR 3 and 5 million would allow this specific challenge to be addressed appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. This topic will be implemented under the PPP on Energy-efficient Buildings. The activities are expected to be implemented at TRL 5-7 (please see part G of the General Annexes). Expected Impact: Significant increase of the share of 'nearly zero-energy' buildings with the aim of 100% market uptake by the end of 2020. Costs reductions of at least 15% compared to current situation, with additional benefits in terms of energy reduction. Demonstration for net-zero energy districts taking advantage of onsite or nearby-generation of renewable energy. Type of action: Innovation Actions

• Work programme follows the evaluation criteria

• Proposers are offered sufficient flexibility and freedom of choice

• Careful reader of the work programme should get a clear message of needs and expectations

• Some cases of misinterpretation were nevertheless detected

• Further improvement of wording of the work programme text is still possible

Participant Portal has been well accepted and valued by R&I community, but work programme needs to be more visible (general introduction, introduction to calls, supporting documents etc)

Horizon 2020's IT system provides a large variety of assistance and allows 100% paperfree project life cycle, i.e. it has been well developed but there is still space for further improvement

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Some delays in communication and problem solving have been detected, which has to be avoided in future

Frequesntly Asked Questions (FAQ) must be updated regularly in order to be a helpful environment for (potential) participants

NCPs need more support and information from the Commission to do their work efficiently

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• Success rates are lower (14%) than in FP7, owing to the significant over-subscription (8x the available budget in Horizon 2020, 5x under FP7).

• The overall high oversubscription rate is a combination of the general great interest of the R&I community, the higher funding rate in Horizon 2020 and the huge response to a limited number of open research topics.

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Proposals’ requested budget was in general within the ranges indicated in the work programme, often towards the higher end of the range.

Main-listed proposals did not differ significantly in terms of their requested budget from the rest of the proposals.

General proposal characteristics (applicants per proposal, requested EU contribution per proposal and applicant) are similar to FP7.

• Overall funding rate: 86% (98% for CSAs and RIA, 82% for IA, 69% for SME instrument and 33% for COFUND) - FP7: 56%

• Lower leverage factor: 1 € EU contribution -> 0.16 € matching contribution (FP7: 0.78€).

• Less projects can be financed compared to FP7 for the same amount of EU contribution

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Main weaknesses (1)

• Too ambitious (counsortium, budget, time, impact) • Target groups insufficiently engaged • Pointless letters of support • Weak management and decision making process • Out of focus • Poorly substantiated estimations • Lack of detail and clarity • Calculation mistakes

Main weaknesses (2)

• Unclear methodology, source of data, performance indicators or achievement of objectives

• IPR issues not or insufficiently considered

• Too many partners/work packages/tasks/milestones

• Very generic approach

• Unjustified costs

• Lack of coherence between objectives/methodology/ work packages

Characteristics of a competitive proposal :

• Excellence • Credibility • Clarity • Ambiciousness • Relevance • Coverage • Coherence • Soundness of concept • Involvement of stakeholders • Geographical scope

Lessons Learnt from first Horizon 2020 Calls – recommendations:

• Continue challenge-based approach in delivering topics while improving their clarity (esp. impact requirements);

• Address key features (international cooperation, SSH, gender etc.) upstream in work programme preparation;

• Adapt call conditions for two-stage evaluations ensuring a 1:3 (budget-wise) success rate in the second phase;

• Better use of the whole toolbox of funding instruments such as pre-commercial procurement (PCP) or public procurement of innovative solutions (PPI) co-fund actions.

• Increase international cooperation activities (flagship initiatives, accompanying actions)

• Conduct further analysis of oversubscription and devise measures to effectively manage large demand, especially in two-stage calls;

• Step-up efforts to attract experts and further improve evaluation process, esp. impact and innovation

• Continue monitoring the implementation of calls and ensure adequate level of feedback to applicants.

Lessons Learnt from first Horizon 2020 Calls – recommendations:

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